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A. IRMLER.

WASHING MACHINE. No. $39 70 l' m ml.

Witnesses. Inventor. %%%W WM UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST IRMLER, OF GARDEJVILLE, NIHV YORK.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,780. dated April 13, 1886.

A pplication filed December 2, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, AUGUST IRMLER, a citizen of the United States, residing in Gardenville, in the county of Erie and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Im rovements in \Vashin -Machines of P a 1 which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a simple and durable washingmachine adapted for either a pounding or rubbing operation, all of which will be fully and clearly hereinafter shown, described, and claimed, by reference to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 represents a back view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, both views showing the handle connected and in position for using the machine as a pouuder. 3 is a plan view showing the interior construction of the tub, the cover being left off. Fig. 4 is a bottom view of the pounding and rubbing device. Fig. is a vertical section through line at m, Fig. 3; and Fig. 6 represents a bottom view of the movable poundingblock. 7

V In said drawings, 1 represents the tub. It is made in the square form; but any other shape may be used, if desired. It is pro vided with lugs 2. The bottom 4 and interior sides, 5, are provided with ribs or rubbing projections 6, made in the ordinary way.

7 represents an upwardlyproiecting portion, to which a wringer may beattached in the usual manner, if desired. There is a depression, 8, in the top, into which bllQ'lQlllOV- able cover 9 is placed. (See Fig. 5.) At the back of the tub is a verticallyprojecting piece, 10, having a portion, 11, bent so as to project horizontally or at a'right angle to the vertical portion. The cover 9 is provided with an opening through the center, through which the stem 12 of the pounding-block 13 is passed. (Shown in Fig. 5.) This block 13 is provided with a series otpert'orations, 14. (See Fig. 4.) The upper portion, 15, of the stem 12 is round, and the enlarged lower portion, 16, is made square.

'17 represents a movable pounding-block. It is provided with asquare hole, 18, through which the square portion '16 of the stem 12 passes, so as to fit loosely therein, so as to prevent the block 17 from turning, and at the same time permit an easy longitudinal move ment up and down. It is prevented from (No model.)

moving up too far by the pin 19. (Shown in Fig. 5.) This movable pounding-block 17 is provided with a series of pins, 20, rigidly secured to it, which pins pass loosely through holes in the pounding-block 13. These pins are made smooth and rounded at the bottom, so as not to tear the clothes. The upper part of the stem 12 is provided with a thin tlat portion which fits into a mortise in the handle or arm 21, and is then secured by a pin, 22, so as to form a movable joint. The end 23 is provided with a mortise or perforation, 24, which passes over the hook portion 11, so to adapt the device to be used for pounding the clothes when required. The opposite end, 25, of the handle is adapted to be grasped by the hand when operating it.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The water, soap, and clothes, 26, (see Fig. 5,) being put into the tub and the cover put on,

the handle is adjusted so as to fit on the hooked portion 11. The machine is now adjusted for pounding the clothes, which is done by swinging the handle vertically up and down. This operation causes the poundingblock 13 to move away from the movable block 17, as the pins 20 rest on the clothes, as shown, and keep the movable block up while the pounding-block moves down. The up ward stroke of the pounding-block brings the movable and pounding blocks suddenly together, thereby stirring up the water thoroughly and throwing it with great force through the perforations against the clothes.

\Vhen it is desired to apply a rubbing force to the clothes, (which is very necessary at a certain stage of the washing,) all that is required to do is to disengage the end 23 of the handle, and then turn the pounding-block back and forth until the washing is completed.

I claim as my invention A washing-machine tub provided with inside rubbingsurfaces, in combination with a perforated pounder, a handle pivoted to the pounder-stem, and a vertically movable pounder secured to the pounder-stein, as set forth, and provided with pins which pass through perforations in the pounder 13, substantially as and for the purposes described.

AUGUST IRMLER.

Witnesses:

JENNIE M. CALDWELL, HERMAN IRMLER. 

